title: E-I balance and human diseases - from molecules to networking.
abstract: Information transfer in the brain requires a homeostatic control of neuronal excitability. Therefore, a functional balance between excitatory and inhibitory systems is established during development. This review contains recent information about the molecular mechanisms orchestrating the establishment and maintenance of this excitation-inhibition (E-I) balance, and it reviews examples of deregulation of inhibitory and excitatory systems at a molecular, network and disease level of investigation.
authors.affiliation: RNA Editing and Hyperexcitability Disorders Helmholtz Group, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabrina A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Eichler
authors.forename: Jochen C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Meier